Truth Quotes

What is truth? These quotes explore honesty, reality, and the courage it takes to face both.

40912 quotes

"Tradition without examination becomes a tomb of error."
Andreas Vesalius
"The body reveals truth that centuries of argument cannot conceal."
Andreas Vesalius
"Every assertion without evidence is merely an opinion dressed as fact."
Andreas Vesalius
"The body does not lie; only our interpretations of it can be false."
Andreas Vesalius
"In anatomy, there is no room for eloquent falsehood."
Andreas Vesalius
"Nature has no obligation to conform to human theory."
Andreas Vesalius
"The knife of the anatomist cuts through centuries of comfortable lies."
Andreas Vesalius
"Observation defeats opinion every time, if we have the will to accept it."
Andreas Vesalius
B
"What we perceive through experience is more reliable than what we inherit through tradition."
Bernardino Telesio
B
"Every effect in nature has a cause rooted in material reality."
Bernardino Telesio
B
"Tradition often obscures truth rather than preserving it."
Bernardino Telesio
B
"The material world is the only world we can truly know."
Bernardino Telesio
B
"The pursuit of truth demands that we set aside comfortable beliefs."
Bernardino Telesio
B
"Our senses connect us to reality in ways that pure reason cannot."
Bernardino Telesio
B
"Our duty is to understand the world as it is, not as we wish it to be."
Bernardino Telesio
B
"The senses, when properly trained, become instruments of truth."
Bernardino Telesio
B
"What cannot be observed cannot be reliably known."
Bernardino Telesio
E
"The power of words lies in their truth and their timeliness."
Edward Wotton
E
"The truth, however difficult, is always preferable to comfortable falsehood."
Edward Wotton
P
"Truth is like a torch that shines in the darkness, yet few wish to behold it."
Paracelsus
P
"He who possesses the truth must not refuse it to the world."
Paracelsus
P
"What a man says is not always true, but what nature says is always true."
Paracelsus
G
"The voice of conscience is quieter than thunder but more lasting than mountains."
Girolamo Savonarola
G
"The greatest treasure is not gold but a conscience uncorrupted by compromise."
Girolamo Savonarola
G
"Truth spoken with love wounds less deeply and heals more thoroughly."
Girolamo Savonarola
N
"Truth requires no authority but the light of reason."
Nicodemus Copernicus
N
"The universe cares not for our comfort, only for truth."
Nicodemus Copernicus
N
"No truth is too large to pursue, no truth too small to respect."
Nicodemus Copernicus
N
"The cosmos is indifferent to our beliefs; it simply is."
Nicodemus Copernicus
N
"Truth is not owned by institutions; it belongs to those who seek it."
Nicodemus Copernicus